markhamlin
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Does everybody have a problem with the mainsheet getting caught under the transom on gybes? Is there a way to avoid this?
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haha, I'll try that.gouvernail said:Try telling the mainsheet you are gybing and it is safe. Then maybe it won't try jumping off the boat.
Awesome, I'll try it next time i go sailingdubaisailer186065 said:Yer it works well otherwise i just get my tiller and place it under the mainsheet at the back and as the boom come across just lift your tiller and it will raise the excess sheet but it takes abit of practice to get right.
Who are you?squeakywaffle said:Just out of curiosity, are you the mark hamlin whose dad works at apple, who knows a certain drew hamlin?
No, I haven't raced beforemadyottie said:Markhamlin are you a Kiwi by any chance? I remember racing against a Mark Hamlin when I was a much younger person! Just curious!
markhamlin said:Who are you?
I emailed you, did you get it?squeakywaffle said:one of drew's housemates
markhamlin said:Does everybody have a problem with the mainsheet getting caught under the transom on gybes? Is there a way to avoid this?
Yeah, I've gotten gybing pretty much down now. I stayed inside the harbor mouth today, and just practiced gybes. After capsizing twice, I got the right amount of flick pulling in the mainsheet. I think I got it downChris123 said:That's one of the... ahem... "charming quirks" of the laser. As another poster said, you need to give the mainsheet a little flick just as the boom starts to come across. You can do that either by yanking on the sheet, or, as the boom crosses over and you cross the cockpit, use your forward hand (forward as you were sitting on the old weather side) to hit the mainsheet right where it enters the forward block on the boom. That gives just enough flick to pop the aft part of the sheet out of the water and safely over the stern.
After a while it becomes second nature. It is annoying while learning, however -- if you don't flick hard enough you snag on the stern quarter, if you flick too hard you put a perfect half hitch around the end of the boom.
bcms11 said:hey there is a part that can be put on the back of your boat to help keep the traveler and main from being caught under the lip i saw these a few days ago but i lost the web site and i wish i could fid it and any one sail lasers near erie pa
dubaisailer186065 said:I have a feeling that those deflectors are ilegal for racing with but alrite for training.
dubaisailer186065 said:Yer it works well otherwise i just get my tiller and place it under the mainsheet at the back and as the boom come across just lift your tiller and it will raise the excess sheet but it takes abit of practice to get right.
Chris123 said:I can't follow what you mean. I don't know what it means to put the tiller under the mainsheet, and I can't lift my tiller because it's firmly wedged into the headstock of the rudder, and, besides, the traveler is holding it down tightly to the deck.
Chris123 said:That's one of the... ahem... "charming quirks" of the laser. As another poster said, you need to give the mainsheet a little flick just as the boom starts to come across. You can do that either by yanking on the sheet, or, as the boom crosses over and you cross the cockpit, use your forward hand (forward as you were sitting on the old weather side) to hit the mainsheet right where it enters the forward block on the boom. That gives just enough flick to pop the aft part of the sheet out of the water and safely over the stern.
After a while it becomes second nature. It is annoying while learning, however -- if you don't flick hard enough you snag on the stern quarter, if you flick too hard you put a perfect half hitch around the end of the boom.